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Tier list · Men
Lightweight
108 ranked boxers, sorted into tiers from the five official rankings. Under each portrait, what its tier rests on.
Tiers
- S
World champions3 boxersHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
Elite8 boxersInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
RUSArtur SubkhankulovNo. 2 IBF · No. 2 IBO- USALamont RoachNo. 2 WBC · No. 14 IBO
- CANLucas BahdiNo. 2 WBA
- GBRSam NoakesNo. 2 WBO · No. 3 WBC · No. 3 IBO
BELDzmitry AsanauNo. 4 WBC · No. 4 IBF · No. 10 IBO- CUBAndy CruzNo. 1 WBC · No. 3 IBF · No. 9 IBO
WLSJoseph CordinaNo. 1 WBO · No. 6 IBF · No. 9 WBC · former world champion- DOMEridson GarciaNo. 5 WBA · No. 5 WBO · No. 11 IBF
- B
Contenders17 boxersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
- USAJose ValenzuelaNo. 3 WBA · No. 6 IBO · former world champion
- CUBArmando Martinez RabiNo. 4 WBA · No. 7 IBO
- USAJordan WhiteNo. 7 WBC · No. 7 IBF · No. 12 IBO
- RUSDaud AlaevNo. 7 WBA · No. 32 IBO
- PANRicardo NunezNo. 8 WBC · No. 70 IBO
- JPNReito TakahashiNo. 7 WBO · No. 8 IBF · No. 10 WBA
- USAAndres CortesNo. 1 IBO · No. 6 WBC · No. 9 WBO
CUBLazaro AlvarezNo. 6 WBA · No. 12 WBC · No. 21 IBO
USAGary Allen Russell Jr.No. 9 WBA- USAJustin PauldoNo. 5 WBC · No. 13 IBO · No. 15 WBO
- RUSMikhail GrigoryanNo. 10 IBF · No. 63 IBO
- USAAlbert BellNo. 8 WBO · No. 13 WBC · No. 26 IBO
- CRIFrancisco FonsecaNo. 10 WBC · No. 11 WBA · No. 22 IBO
- ARGAlan ChavesNo. 6 WBO · No. 14 IBF · No. 18 WBC
- USACorey MarksmanNo. 4 WBO · No. 8 WBA · No. 27 WBC
- USAJoshua PaganNo. 3 WBO · No. 24 IBO · No. 30 WBC
- JPNShuma NakazatoNo. 9 IBF · No. 29 WBC · No. 46 IBO
- C
Ranked27 boxersRanked by at least one major body.
- PHLCriztian Pitt LaurenteNo. 13 IBF · No. 75 IBO
- GBRMitchell SmithNo. 13 WBO
UZBSiro ChoiNo. 12 IBF · No. 13 WBA · No. 15 WBC- GBRCameron VuongNo. 14 WBO · No. 91 IBO
- IRLSteven CairnsNo. 14 WBA
PHLMark MagsayoNo. 4 IBO · No. 12 WBO · No. 17 WBC · former world champion- MEXRene Tellez GironNo. 11 WBO · No. 11 IBO · No. 19 WBC
- RUSVildan MinasovNo. 15 WBA
- JPNTaiga ImanagaNo. 15 IBF · No. 16 WBC · No. 31 IBO
ITAMichael MagnesiNo. 20 WBC · No. 45 IBO
BRARobson ConceicaoNo. 21 WBC · No. 23 IBO · former world champion- JPNShu UtsukiNo. 22 WBC
- MEXMiguel BercheltNo. 17 IBO · No. 23 WBC · former world champion
- RUSBakhodur UsmonovNo. 24 WBC · No. 33 IBO
- CANLuis SantanaNo. 25 WBC · No. 48 IBO
- GBRLouie O'DohertyNo. 26 WBC · No. 40 IBO
- ESPJokin GarciaNo. 28 WBC · No. 55 IBO
- GBRZelfa BarrettNo. 31 WBC
- USACharlie SheehyNo. 32 WBC · No. 39 IBO
- CANAvery Martin DuvallNo. 30 IBO · No. 33 WBC
- URYJavier Alejandro CardozoNo. 34 WBC
- TZATano JumaNo. 35 WBC
- USAHaven Brady Jr.No. 27 IBO · No. 36 WBC
- ARGCarlos Maria AlanisNo. 37 WBC · No. 64 IBO
ARGNahuel Alexander EspindolaNo. 28 IBO · No. 38 WBC- AUSBilly PolkinghornNo. 39 WBC
UKRDanylo HoncharukNo. 40 WBC · No. 42 IBO
- D
IBO ranked53 boxersRanked by the IBO only.
See the 53 boxers in tier D
- CUBJadier HerreraNo. 5 IBO
- USAStephen Fulton Jr.No. 8 IBO · former world champion
- PANJose NunezNo. 25 IBO
UKRDenys BerinchykNo. 29 IBO · former world champion- DOMEdwin De Los SantosNo. 34 IBO
- MEXDiego Torres NunezNo. 35 IBO
- USAKaipo GallegosNo. 36 IBO
- USAThomas MatticeNo. 38 IBO
- Abel MendozaNo. 69 IBO
- MEXAdrian Torres SigalaNo. 56 IBO
- ARGAlberto Ezequiel MelianNo. 95 IBO
- Alexander DevyatovNo. 68 IBO
- GHAAlfred LampteyNo. 81 IBO
- Alfredo Jorge Luis SotoNo. 78 IBO
- Ariel Gonzalez VazquezNo. 82 IBO
- Chann ThonsonNo. 92 IBO
- Christian Barreto GonzalezNo. 89 IBO
- Claudio Gabriel DaneffNo. 41 IBO
- DOMClaudio MarreroNo. 49 IBO
- Dalis KaleiopuNo. 94 IBO
- Daniel GarciaNo. 72 IBO
- Dariial KuchmenovNo. 85 IBO
USADeric DavisNo. 79 IBO- Devin CusningNo. 71 IBO
- USAElias Montoya TerrazaNo. 67 IBO
- Esteban GarzonNo. 43 IBO
- Fabricio Miguel BeaNo. 65 IBO
- Fernando Flores MendozaNo. 60 IBO
- USAGabriel Flores Jr.No. 52 IBO
- Gabriel Morisi GervasNo. 62 IBO
- GBRGiorgio VisioliNo. 54 IBO
- USAGiovanni CabreraNo. 66 IBO
- Hiroyuki TakaharaNo. 93 IBO
- Ivan OrtizNo. 53 IBO
- Jake WyllieNo. 61 IBO
- Jaouad BelmehdiNo. 77 IBO
- Jason SobaNo. 58 IBO
- Jose Guillerno Keb CanulNo. 47 IBO
- ARGJuan Javier CarrascoNo. 50 IBO
- Justin ViloriaNo. 57 IBO
- Luis Torres ValenzuelaNo. 44 IBO
ARGMatias Carlos Adrian RuedaNo. 86 IBO- Maximiliano Jesus VeronNo. 74 IBO
- Nenad StancicNo. 80 IBO
- Rikitaro DebataNo. 59 IBO
- Rosario Alejandro SanchezNo. 76 IBO
- Said Bakari BwangaNo. 88 IBO
- Shota KajinoNo. 87 IBO
JPNShunsuke HondaNo. 90 IBO- Tigran UzlyanNo. 51 IBO
- Tony Hirsch Jr.No. 83 IBO
- Yoji SaitoNo. 84 IBO
- Yuga FujikiNo. 73 IBO
How tiers are assigned
- S
- World championsHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
- EliteInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
- B
- ContendersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
- C
- RankedRanked by at least one major body.
- D
- IBO rankedRanked by the IBO only.
Within a tier, the order follows the number of belts, then the average rank with the major bodies. Updated on 27 Oct 2026, with the rankings.